May I ask you something?" I say. "Why do you read books, when you could be outside, living a million different adventures every day?" "Because you can always count on a book to stay the same. EVerything else changes when you least expect it," she replies, bitter. "Families split apart, and nothing's forever. In books, you always know what's coming next. There are no surprises.

My first job was as an assistant in the local library. Self fulfilling prophecy?

Sometimes when you find something you didn't really realize you were looking for, you just don't know how to react.

I have no idea what Andrew might have done, and I do not ask. She believes that I can fix this, and like always, that's enough to make me think that I can. "I'll take care of it,: I say, when what I really mean is: I'll take care of you.

We dont have to accept each others beliefs..but we do have to accept each others right to believe them.

After all, how many of us had tried to forget something traumatic...only to find it printed on the back of our eyelids, tattooed on our tongues?

We could all be lucky. We could all be what we want to be, instead of who someone else told us to be.